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Can I be going into labor, and not know it?

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I have a fear that I will go into labor without my water breaking, and I post pone going to the hospital. Can I go into labor without knowing it is reall labor? Also would this effect my baby if I did wait to late to go to the hospital?

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yes it strue for my 2 last pregnancy the day before id b experiencing regular braxton hicks.i go 2 sleep and woke up around 11 in the afternoon 2 go urinate and end up having really bad contractions i got dressed got to the hospital almost not making it as soon as they check me im fully dilated and the babys head coming out by him self.

yes u can go into labor and not know it. wen my mom was pregnant of me she had no pain or anything. my grandma told her to go take a shower and made it to the hospital in 10 min and just as soon they got there i was born. so im wondering if i can go thru the same bc i get contractions and my baby dropped 2 weeks early and im due dec 17th and i just keep getting told the same. that they are b/h and that wen u leak water it runs down ur leg. how is that possible if the water goes on ur undies?? and that the contractions are post to be 4 to 5 mins apart, regular for several hours.

Today is my due date & I'm in labor but not feeling any pain. I do feel pressure but not anything that would tell me I'm in labor. I am dialated 5cm & my water is bulging according to my exam today so I should have this baby by tonight but it doesn't feel like it. The doc said that I had to have contractions to dialate to 5cm but I haven't felt any pain or what the descriptions of labor indicate you should feel. This is my 2nd pregnancy, too. But with my 1st my water broke & gushed so there was no question.. I think my water may have broken but it's a trikle.. What I'm susposed to be waiting for I don't know. It takes an hour to get to the hospital so I'm afraid by the time I KNOW KNOW it'll be because the babies 'falling' out of me. Every women, every labor, every birth is different. I'd rather be safe then sorry (and yet here I am just sitting here) but amazingly it does all work out. The baby comes and hospital or no your both ok. What you have to do is whats right for you.

my water broke and i didnt even know. i called a nurse and first since only a little was dribbling she said it may have be me peeing b/c it is easy for you r baby to lean on your bladder a little not until i had a big gush i knew my water broke and that was after soaking 5 pair of pants. even then i was in labor i went in labor 45min after my water broke. your water can brake and you can not be if full labor

i am 35 weeks pregnant and having bad cramps like im gettn my period having bad back pains and my stomach gets real tight how do i kno if im in labor or its comming? and i have clear liquid comming out

hey there..... when i was pregnant with my first son, i didnt even know that i was in labor. i had gotten up around 6am and kinda felt uncomfortable but no pain. went to the hospital around 11am still not actual pain, just tense feeling. got hooked to all the monitors and the nurse came in and said that my contractions were 2 1/2 mins. apart. STILL NO PAIN. i was laughing and playing cards and relaxed. walked around the hospital and everything. Then, when the dr. broke my water at 5:30pm, then it was on. got an epidural about 2 hours later and he was here at 12:38 am. IT WAS AWESOME.

You shouldn't have a problem knowing when your going into labor, but you do have to pay CLOSE attention to your body. I'm almost 39wks with my third baby, and I've never had trouble telling real contraction from Brax.H, but the real thing can be very subtle, and labor can be very quick. I would say look more for consistancy in the contractions than pain...My midwife with my last baby told me not to bother going to the birth center in one call because when she talked me through a contraction she said something funny and I laghed. She said I wasn't in enough pain and suggested I take a warm bath, I was only in the tub a few minutes when I felt like I really shouldn't wait any longer.I called her back and told her we were coming. It was 4:15p.m when we arrived and my son was born before 5:00p.m. My advice is call your DR or Midwife first, but trust your gut! And my water didn't break with my son or my daughter until they were on the way out, so don't wait for that as a sign!

I think the best thing for you is to read birth stories of moms who have been through it. It isn't just contractions that tell you you're in labor...there are other things that happen in the hours, even days, leading up to transition: restlessness, nesting, feeling extremely cold or hot for no apparent reason, suddenly feeling the urge to move your bowels far more frequently (and often, at a softer consistency to almost diarrhea), unusual crampy-type sensations deep in the abdomen and radiating to the thighs...you may have any combination of these ramp-up indicators to let you know the event is getting closer. You know your body, and you're born with instincts to let you know what you need to know, when you need to know it. Your body knows what it's doing and you can trust it to let you know when you're in labor. And even if your baby is born somewhere other than the hospital, everything should be fine. Women give birth in all sorts of places without hospital assistance.

I have a question, any of you had your first through c-section...how was it with the second. Were the contractions the same. I had my first almost three years ago...but still don't have all the feeling from the c-section yet. Would the pains be the same?

Every woman is different and every pregnancy is different, so it's hard to answer that question. All I can suggest is going with your instincts. It seems like very few woman can go into labor and not really know it, so you would most likely be the majority that DOES know, and if that's the case....TRUST ME! you WILL KNOW w/out a doubt.

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